The 22-year-old virgin, Natalie Dylan (pictured right), is making headlines again. If you missed the story the first time around, she’s the girl selling her virginity to pay for college. Recent reports state that she has received around 10,000 bids for her virginity so far with a high bid of $3.7 million. Yeah, that should cover the cost of grad school.
It turns out Natalie is following in the footsteps of her 23-year-old sister, Avia (pictured left). Avia worked as a prostitute for three weeks at the infamous Bunny Ranch, a legal brothel in Nevada, earning enough money to pay for her own degree. Do I detect a hint of sibling rivalry or is this the beginning of a family business?
While the Dylan sisters may be paying their way through college (and much more) by selling their bodies, some of us don’t have the body and/or the morals/values to pull this off. For those of you who want to pay for college while keeping your underpants on, I’ve put together this list of 6 ways to pay for college without selling your virginity.
1. Apply for scholarships.
You don’t have to be a genius, a jock, or ridiculously good looking to get college scholarships. There are plenty of weird and unusual scholarships out there. Of course, it helps if you have resources to help you find scholarships.
2. Do community service.
If you enjoy helping others, then programs like AmeriCorps, Peace Corps, and Learn and Serve America may be a good fit for you. These programs offer perks, depending on the program, such as monetary awards to be used toward student loans, loan deferment, and even partial loan forgiveness.
3. Join the military.
The U.S. Armed Forces offer a variety of programs to give students money to pay for college. Students can either attend college first and then serve in the military or serve first and attend college later. Students who participate in the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) during college can be eligible for merit-based scholarships in return for a commitment of 3 or 4 years after graduation. Students who serve an active duty tour first can receive up to $50,000 toward school expenses, depending on the branch of service.
4. Use your imagination.
If you want proof that we’re only limited by our imaginations, then be sure to read about these unusual ways college students have made money. Alright, maybe they’re not as unusual as selling your virginity, but they’re pretty close.
5. Get a job.
Did you know that you can still pay for college by getting a good ol’ fashioned job? But wait, isn’t prostitution commonly referred to as the world’s oldest profession? Hmmm, maybe Natalie Dylan and her sister are on to something here.
6. Make money online.
If all else fails, start a blog about paying back your student loans and making money online. Use the money you make from the blog to pay back your student loans. The best part about this option? You have total control over whether to do it with your underpants on or your underpants off.
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Great ideas which are doable for many people. The first tip helped me to get started and I depended on my college jobs to keep in classes.
I think the ROTC route is a good option. I wonder what response this whole Natalie Dylan thing will trigger. For 3.7 million, you might have a lot of interest from girls around the world. I’ve called internet dating the free market of dating, but this would take that expression to a whole new level.
If you feel the call to serve your country you should. They will pay for a decent amount of your schooling. I’ve got a friend getting his MBA from a top tier school and his time in the army is paying for more than half of it. That’s over $50k.
Clearly getting a job is the most reasonable advice you could get. Obviously scholarships are great, but just help save on costs, but don’t contribute to helping pay for it. I still think her plan is more of a farce. It seems very hidden to actually find information about her auction much less even go about bidding. She is trying to make a name for herself and sign a deal allowing her the option to not even go through with the act.
Those are solid ideas, too bad they don’t pay anywhere near $3.7 mill. You could also always try to start a business. That is what I plan on doing!
Man I’m starting to question the legitimacy of these “virgins” selling their virginity. There has been many of these people selling their virginity for all kinds of crazy money. A funny store there was once a guy in Toronto who made some public deal with a female friend who would have sex with him if he didn’t lose his virginity by his 25 birthday or something. Then a few days after that story broke there were all these girls going to the press saying they had sex with him before.
Also is it just me or is taking someone’s virginity too overrated?
Another weird way of paying for college would be to sell your eggs/sperms. Our school’s newspaper often carried ads where if you were smart enough (they asked for high SAT scores), you could sell your eggs for as much as $20K.
i like the picture…errr….ideas!
Very sensible advice. College is really not beyond reach for as long as you’re willing to take the time to apply for grants and scholarships, and willing to be flexible to adapt to your own financial situation (even if it means working part-time).
You need to work 40 hours a week total if you don’t have a scholarship.
And go to school slower, IE part- time and year round. You must pay
your way through, take 6 years rather than 4 if necessary, but do not
borrow a penny for living expenses. If you must borrow for tuition/books,
make sure the amount is modest. Graduate with no more than one- sixth
to one – third your realistic starter wage upon graduation in all non home
debt combined (student loans, personal loans, credit cards, car loans). Walk or bus or bike your way through college IE get your apartment and classes and job(s) where you can do that. Continue avoiding a car even after graduation if you can as well until you have paid off in full any / all non home
debts and are saving monthly 10-20% of your gross income. Buy cars cash, IE in their second half life (run them from 65K to 130K when they are cheapest). Buy a very modest condo or very small home to cut your teeth on.
Good luck being one of the few whose Debt to Income Ratios work after college.